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RSSHow to use the VOG site: from sign-in to the game archive
Passwordless sign-in, playing without signing up, rooms and bots, the game table, adjourned games, the archive and Telescope — a short guide to the site for new and returning players.
Backgammon: eight variants and a game archive going back to 2001
All eight variants, ratings, tournaments and bots are still here — in your browser and in the Windows client. A game archive going back to 2001, the same table options as in the old client, and play without signing up.
Games of the World: Skat, Germany's national card game
Born in Altenburg around 1810, played by some 25 million Germans: bidding 18, 20, 22…, one against two, jacks as top trumps and 61 points to win. Why online Skat so often means money — and why we are considering it.
Games of the World: Dots, from the school exercise book to a rating
Squared paper and two pens: surrounding, houses and grounding. Not to be confused with Dots and Boxes. A sports club with a rulebook, millions of casual players — and our check of whether moving first gives an advantage.
Games of the World: Ugolki, Halma for an ordinary checkers board
Nine pieces in a corner and a race to the opponent's home: how to play, the 40 and 80 move deadlines, ladders and stragglers, the family of variants — and where to play right now.
Games of the World: Chinese checkers — neither Chinese nor checkers
From the English Hoppity and the American Halma to the German star of 1892 and a marketing name from 1928. How to play, why six players make it a different game — and where to play it right now.
Games of the World: togyz kumalak, the nine stones of the steppe
Kazakhstan's national game: 162 stones, the first stone back into its own hole, the captured “tuzdyk” hole and victory at 82. On the UNESCO list since 2020 — and we are already building it for the club.
Zones and federation: what is changing in the club
The club lives in two zones, vogclub.com and vogclub.ru, linked by a federation. What you get, which limitations to keep in mind, and why this is a step towards sites for clubs and federations.
Games of the World: Ludo, from Indian Pachisi to a billion phones
Cowrie shells and Akbar's living pieces, an English patent of 1896, Germany's “Don't Get Angry” and Ludo King. Why Ludo is not in our near-term plans yet — and which races to play instead.
Games of the World: games of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Aztec patolli, Maya bul, the Haudenosaunee bowl game and slahal: how they are played, why we will not make online versions — and how to play bul at home with four corn kernels.